Office: Kersten Geers, David Van Severin Vols 1, 2 & 3

The Brussels-based OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen is celebrated for its idiosyncratic and highly theoretical approach, as instanced by the widely acclaimed Belgian Pavilion for the 2008 Architectural Biennial in Venice.

This three-volume publication, the most comprehensive survey of their work, reproduces models, drawings and perspectives created by the architects along with works of art that are related to the spirit and language of this internationally esteemed firm. The team brings architecture back to the essentials: with a limited set of basic rules a framework is created within which life in all its complexity can be played out.

Architecture in its Continuums and Somewhere Other, designed by Stuart Geddes, have been shortlisted for the New Zealand Best Design Awards. Both books are finalists in the category of Editorial and Books. Held...